June issue 2018

Minimal Violence Find Home, Community and Inspiration in Vancouver's Deep Blue

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2018

Just a stone's throw from the gentrification hub that is Vancouver's Olympic Village, there's a place you might not notice as you drive by....

Arctic Monkeys' Career So Far: From Rubble to the Ritz

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2018

"You can't go experimenting with the colours from different rainbows if you haven't got that base there in the first place to support it al...

Fortunate Ones' Eight Favourite Places in St. John's

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2018

Fortunate Ones are the folk duo of Andrew James O'Brien and Catherine Allan. They released Hold Fast, the followup to their 2015 Juno Award...

Ray LaMontagne

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2018

For a professional songwriter, Ray LaMontagne is a man of few words. "You should know something about me: it takes me a long time to answer...

Witch Prophet Seeks Deep Connection on 'The Golden Octave'

PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2018

Witch Prophet, aka Ayo Leilani, says the title of her debut The Golden Octave refers to "a level of sound that penetrates deep into your so...

Bernice Create Sibling Releases By Following 'Puff' EP with 'Puff' Full-Length

PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2018

Toronto band Bernice's new album Puff shares a name with their debut EP, but while their initial offering was a heavily produced melding of...

Courtney Barnett Gets Brutally Honest on 'Tell Me How You Really Feel'

PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2018

"Put me on a pedestal and I'll only disappoint you," Australian musician Courtney Barnett warned on her highly acclaimed 2015 debut, Someti...

Ghost Take a New Form for 'Prequelle'

PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2018

For the majority of the band's existence, the members of Ghost remained anonymous. The Swedish shock-rock project was fronted by Papa Emeri...